Khartoum under bombardment as Sudan's rivals talk

Combination of flag of Sudan and barbed wire in descriptiopn of the current military war that has left hundreds killed. [iStockphoto]

Shelling and airstrikes pounded parts of Sudan's capital on Sunday with little sign that warring military factions were ready to back down in a monthlong conflict that has killed hundreds despite cease-fire talks in Saudi Arabia.

Khartoum and the adjoining cities of Bahri and Omdurman across the Nile's two branches have been the main theater of conflict along with western Darfur province since the army and the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary started fighting on April 15.